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The index page has been updated so you can pick up the tracks from http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/popworldcup/

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Iran 1 Serbia and Montenegro 0: Iran are forced into a smart save in the opening minute but hit Serbia on the break and leave them reeling with an early goal. Serbia in trouble, pop pickers!

Badnuss (caution contains Other Place content)

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Chuck Eddy fired from Village Voice music section.

No Eddy, no NYLPM. (about half our links used to be to Voice features. The other half were slagging off the Guardian)
No Eddy on the Voice, no ILXers in the Voice (and fewer Voicers in ILX)
No Eddy, no ILX come to think of it. (thf. no Poptimists)
ect ect

Best of luck Chuck in whatever you do next.

The future of print music writing has looked murky for a long time: I worry somewhat for the good writers and people I know who are involved in it.

(time for DJ Martian's new darkwave zine then!)

The Wednesday Canon: New Order/Joy Division

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Much demanded in the write-in votes last week, this - here are the UK hit singles of New Order (Blue Monday remixes have been compressed for purposes of voting, and Joy Div's two hits have been flung in to add choice. I thought of putting in Electronic too, but then I really ought to have included Monaco, and we know where THAT leads.



You get NINE picks across the 27 choices, I can guess where the bulk of them are going to lie but the ordering should be of some intrigue.

(Edit: And "Bizarre Love Triangle" wasn't a hit, amazingly since it's probably the best thing they've ever done)

( What no Revenge? )

MEANWHILE the Girls Aloud Canon stands as follows. 1 - No Good Advice. 2 - Biology. 3. The Show. 4. Wuv Machine. 5. Sound Of The Underground. Hurrah for the gurls! And yes I will be doing the unbelievably huge Madonna poll before too long.